Well, I’m not sure that in mocking elites being delusional the last laugh isn’t on us: it seems that they have globally made the calculation that they can both maintain power and be completely private and self-sufficient, maintaining majestic lives within deteriorating everything. The jury is still out on if this is really a delusion – as the third world shows already, apparently it is not all that difficult to maintain pockets of luxury amidst poverty and hopelessness?